19 I create the [a]fruit of the lips, to be peace: peace unto them that are [b]far off, and to them that are near, saith the Lord: for I will heal him.

20 But the wicked are like the raging sea, that [c]cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:19 That is, I frame the speech and words of my messengers which shall bring peace.
  2. Isaiah 57:19 As well to him that is in captivity as to him that remaineth at home.
  3. Isaiah 57:20 Their evil conscience doth ever torment them, and therefore they can never have rest, read Isa. 48:22.

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